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Biography

Diminutive Cher Lloyd was born on 28 July 1993 into a Romany family living in Malvern, Worcestershire, UK. She rose to prominence with her performances on the seventh series of The X Factor in 2010. Mentored by former Girls Aloud member, Cheryl, Cher came a creditable fourth in the TV talent competition. She was then signed by Simon Cowell's label Syco, a subsidiary of Sony Music, before being snapped up by Jay Z's label Roc Nation, and in June 2011 she released her debut single, Swagger Jagger, which entered the UK Single Chart at No. 1 and the Irish Singles Chart at number two. Her follow-up single, With Ur Love, featured the American singer/songwriter Mike Posner and climbed to number four in the UK charts and number five in Ireland.

Both tracks were from her first album, Sticks and Stones, which was released in January 2012 and reached number four in the Albums Chart. Musical collaborations on the album included input from Ghetts, Autumn Rowe, Busta Rhymes, Dot Rotten, Mic Righteous and producers Red One and L. A. Reid among other people.

On the back of the success of the album, Cher toured the UK and played for fans at T4 on the Beach, at the Leeds Aire FM Party in the Park and for Key 103 in Manchester, and prepared to launch her career in the USA. Her third single, Want U Back, released in 2012, sold over a million copies in the USA alone and went Platinum. She is currently working on her second album.

Cher married her fiancé, hairdresser Craig Monk, in November 2013 after an 11 month-long engagement. Often the victim of cyber bullying, Cher is vocal in her opposition to bullying of all kinds and frequently speaks out about it in an effort to raise awareness of this issue.